Celestial Chihuahua on a leash

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Celestial Chihuahua on a leash

Postby KLA2 » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:46 am

Two Canadians astronomers are among a team that has discovered our planet’s first Trojan asteroid, which is rotating the sun in our orbit.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/arti ... th-s-orbit

Again, highlights just what a dangerous place the universe is.

The simple brightness of the sun and the daytime sky prevented astronomers from discovering it, said Wiegert ...
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Postby tubeswell » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:33 am

Fancy that. All this time and somebody only just found it. And why the funny orbit? Maybe there's more to this than meets the eye?
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Postby KLA2 » Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:09 am

tubeswell wrote:Fancy that. All this time and somebody only just found it. And why the funny orbit? Maybe there's more to this than meets the eye?


You have an opinion? :glp-s62:
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Postby Enzo » Tue Aug 02, 2011 5:11 am

C'mon Tubes, they are Canadians. They are too polite to be conspirators...
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